Ben Smith
Politico.com
December 21, 2009
There’s no point in the White House saying this, so it won’t.
But an official predicted to me the other day that Obama’s numbers would hit 60 after the health care bill passes, and Chuck Schumer seems to think roughly the same thing: that the public polling on the Democratic reform bill will turn around “soon.”
When people see what is in this bill and when people see what it does, they will come around,” Schumer said. “The reason people are negative is not the substance of the bill, but the fears that the opponents have laid out. When those fears don’t materialize, and people see the good in the bill, the numbers are going to go up.”
UPDATE: A senior White House official objects, and says the White House certainly doesn’t expect a polling bounce.
